Code Number: 606.01
Each year, a large number of requests are received for conducting research and/or special projects using students and staff of the Sioux City Community School District. In an attempt to deal with these requests in an orderly manner, the following guidelines have been established:
All requests must be submitted in writing to the Superintendent or his/her designee and contain the following:
- A narrative description of the research or project.
- The purpose of the research or project.
- The nature and size of the sample needed.
- The timeline for the research or project.
- Samples of instrument(s) to be used in data collection.
- If students are to be used as subjects, a sample of the parental permission form. [A survey, analysis, evaluation, or research project that is subject to the requirements of the Protection of Pupil Rights Act shall obtain prior written consent for the students’ participation and shall also make the program materials available for inspection by any participating students’ parent/guardian].
Each request must include the endorsement of the initiator’s advisor and head of department, or employer if not university connected before consideration will be given to the request. After receipt of a completed submission, the Superintendent or his/her designee will consider each request based on the project’s anticipated contribution to the field of research and the potential disruption to the learning environment. No research activities may be commenced until written approval of the request is granted by the Superintendent or his/her designee.
Participation in the research or project on the part of a particular school, its staff, and subjects will be on a voluntary basis. Professional research, doctoral dissertations, and master’s theses will receive the highest priority.
Upon successful completion of the research or project, it is the initiator’s responsibility to provide the office of the public school coordinator a copy of the completed project in its final form.
- First Adoption:
- 2012-10-09
- Revision Adoption:
- September 11, 2017
- Reviewed Dates:
- August 23, 2017
- Legal Reference:
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20 U.S.C. 1232h
34 C.F.R. Part 98
Iowa Code Chapter 279.8